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Tutorial: Set-up Categories in Magento
Categories are one of the more basic features of Magento. They provide a easy to use navigation and categorisation system for customers.
First, login to your Magento back-end and navigate to ‘Catalog’ > ‘Manage Categories’ (second option). Enter the name of the cateory into the first box. The second option is a drop-down called “Is Active”, basically this allows you to show or hide the category on the front-end. Set “Is Active” to “Yes” if you want it to appear on the front-end.
The URL key is what appears in the www.yourstore.com/category-name bit of the web adddress, where “category-name” is what you put in the URL key. Keep it simple, preferably lower case, use hyphens, letters and nothing else for best results.
You can also add a description, image, Page Title and Meta data. The description and image can be used to give a bit more information about the products in a category, these will appear at the top of the category page. The Meta data can be used to help with search engine optimisation.
Click on the ‘Save Category’ option on the top left of the screen. This will save your category information. Next, take a look at the left hand side, you should make sure that your cageory is inside the “Default Category”, in order for it to appear in your websites navigation.
That”s it. The next step is to add your products to Magento…
